Chapter 3121: Romantic

"Schiller is also on the battlefield?" Magneto repeated Professor X's words, then fell into deep thought.

"Did you see what's going on?" he asked again.

"No, I can't disturb them right now," Professor X said. "If they have really encountered some danger in the spiritual world, my interfering with their brainwaves now would likely cause unpredictable and severe consequences."

Magneto's expression darkened further, because he knew that Charles never exaggerated when it came to his professional field. If he believed the battle in the spiritual world was already so urgent that it couldn't be disturbed, then that must be the case.

"During their days in the Andromeda Galaxy, Earth was attacked again?"

"What is the origin of their enemies?" Magneto asked.

Professor X shook his head and said, "It's hard to tell for now, but judging from their manifested forms, they don't look like ordinary demon gods. They might be monsters born in the spiritual world."

"Targeting the spirit specifically?"

"That should be the case."

"Can't you help?"

Professor X sighed softly and said, "That's the key. To know if I can help, I have to interrupt them, at least find a way to communicate with them. But what if my communication distracts them and causes some severe consequences, then we..."

Magneto understood what Professor X was worried about.

Although the relationship between mutants and the Avengers, representing ordinary humans, is currently decent on the surface, in reality, they both know very well that they are outsiders to each other.

Mutants and ordinary humans are a community of interests in some aspects, but in others, they will never walk together. Although they help each other, they also guard against each other.

This forces them to act like strangers, following standard operating procedures as much as possible. Otherwise, if an accident happens, it's easy to be misunderstood as intentional sabotage.

This might not be very clear, so let's take a concrete example. There are some ordinary human engineers in the Andromeda Galaxy now, which is the product of cooperation between the New Shangdu Prefecture and a certain Eastern major power.

The work processes of these ordinary engineers are completely different from those of the mutants in the Andromeda Galaxy. They spend a lot of time recording every step of their work, and their entry and exit from the Andromeda Galaxy have perfect records.

This actually significantly slows down their work progress and even makes many of them dissatisfied, feeling that the mutants are too guarded against them.

But in reality, this wasn't requested by the mutants at all, but was written into the agreement when the Eastern major power reached the cooperation agreement.

So why did they do this?

It was actually to avoid bearing unnecessary responsibility.

Now, a part that can drive important equipment on the capital planet is broken, causing losses to the mutants. Suppose a mutant didn't perform maintenance on time, Magneto would at most scold them a few times and then transfer them away.

But what if it were an ordinary human engineer?

Judging by Magneto's wisdom, he wouldn't think this person was intentionally sabotaging, because there was no need for that. He knew very well how much the Eastern major power valued these technical personnel. They wouldn't sacrifice a technician to cause a little trouble.

But other mutants might not have his insight. If it were just the machine breaking, that would be fine, but if there were casualties, the mutants below would definitely think, could this ordinary person be intentionally trying to harm them?

It's not that they are overly suspicious; the key is that for nearly a century, they have been suffering such persecution, yet they couldn't find anyone responsible.

If such a thing really happened, even if just to appease the dissatisfaction of the people below, Magneto would have to take action.

The Eastern major power is unwilling to sacrifice technical personnel, but the mutants need an explanation. In that case, the cooperation between the two sides couldn't continue.

Who would be happiest if the two of them couldn't cooperate?

Then, conversely, it can be inferred that a certain Western major power would definitely spare no effort to do such things to ruin their cooperation.

So, out of caution, they record every detail of their work so that if something goes wrong, they can quickly clear themselves of responsibility and give an explanation to the people below.

Conversely, mutants must do the same for ordinary humans. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, ordinary people would think "there are always villains trying to harm me."

Professor X tries his best not to interfere with any work of the Avengers, also for this reason.

So now the Avengers are dealing with a powerful enemy. If something goes wrong because of his intervention, would the other side really not suspect anything? Professor X didn't think so.

Even if they couldn't do anything to the mutants, once there is a major loss, they would definitely have to give an explanation to the people below. Then, the currently harmonious situation would be broken.

The person happiest about the relationship between Earth and the Andromeda Galaxy turning sour would, of course, be the three major empires.

As mentioned before, although the mutants in the Andromeda Galaxy are strong in force, they lack too much foundation. If they fall out with Earth, their development speed would definitely slow down significantly, and the three major empires would naturally be happy to see that.

By the same token, in order to achieve such an effect, the three major empires would definitely take action in secret. If this time it's a trap and Professor X steps into it, it would be difficult for him to clear his name, because the other side definitely has foolproof means waiting for him.

Two old men who have walked through more than half a century together have seen countless storms and know how many times they have walked into such traps. Of course, they can understand what each other is worried about.

"Since Schiller is there, I think he has a plan," Magneto said. "I don't think he would allow the three major empires to reach into Earth. If you really see a hand, it must be a trophy Schiller chopped off."

Professor X still couldn't help but be amused by his old friend's metaphor, but thinking about it carefully, it made sense. They knew very well that what truly protected Earth wasn't the magical defense network or anything else, but precisely the most terrifying dangerous elements in the universe.

Thinking of this, Professor X suddenly paused. He tapped his fingers on the armrest of his wheelchair and said, "Remember the call Schiller made to me?"

"The one where he told you about the Life Fusion Project?"

"At that time, I thought he was hinting to me that the situation in the Andromeda Galaxy was related to the Life Fusion Project. He might have wanted me to investigate this project."

"That's not strange," Magneto said after sitting down. "He knows the Shi'ar Empire is our territory, so it's naturally convenient to investigate."

"But judging from the things in that otter's mind, this project shouldn't be related to the High Evolutionary dropping the virus into the Andromeda Galaxy. Would Schiller tell such an easily debunked lie?"

"Then that means this might not be a lie," Professor X said to himself. "Schiller has some information channels we don't know about, proving that these two things might really be related."

Professor X suddenly fell silent, seemingly guessing what Schiller was intending to do.

Suddenly, he looked up and said, "Erik, make a trip to these coordinates. I've found the laboratory of the Life Fusion Project."

Magneto disappeared silently, while Professor X furrowed his brows, seemingly reading information he had pulled out of someone's mind.

After a while, his brows relaxed. He sighed softly and whispered, "So that's how it is... Lorna, you and Bobby come to my office. I have something I need you to do."

Soon, Polaris walked into Professor X's office. She looked much more mature, finally no longer having that expression as if everyone owed her money. Instead, there was some fatigue and worry. Clearly, recent events had tired her out quite a bit.

Bobby, who followed her, was as usual, mentally stable, physically healthy, and still hadn't caught up with Lorna.

"Professor, you called for us."

"Yes, there is something that needs you to handle now."

"No problem," Polaris agreed immediately. She said, "The biological riot situation is much better now, and it's about time for us to go on patrol."

Professor X nodded and said, "Your father should be able to retrieve a stasis pod in a laboratory of the Shi'ar Empire. That is a product of the Life Fusion Project. We'll talk about this project later."

"You and Bobby rush to the laboratory now. Bobby is responsible for bringing the stasis pod back. You and your father stay there and make a big scene. The key is that you must use your special abilities."

"Use our special abilities? Oh, you mean magnetism."

"Yes, your father alone can't handle it. You have to help him. You must leave your marks over a wide area. It's best to make people think of Magneto at a glance."

Polaris nodded and said, "No problem. I've learned those few skills of his quite well. Isn't it just blowing up a few suns? Leave it to me!"

Bobby, however, thought more. He asked, "Why do this? Didn't you say to keep a low profile a few days ago?"

"Of course, it's to fish," Professor X wasn't the type to speak in riddles. He patiently explained to his students, "I learned from Professor Schiller that the biological riot event in the Andromeda Galaxy might be related to something called the Life Fusion Project, which was left behind by the Old Skrull Empire and is now in the hands of the Shi'ar Empire nobles."

"Previously, I searched the brainwaves of the Shi'ar Empire but found nothing, which means they have brainwave shielding equipment or might have modified or deleted memories on their own. From that time on, I checked everyone whose brainwaves I couldn't find or whose memories had problems one by one, and I still found some loopholes."

"I found the location of the secret laboratory of the Life Fusion Project. Just now, Erik broke through the laboratory's defenses, their shielding of brainwaves failed, and I learned the general situation of this project."

"What is it?" Polaris asked curiously.

"They did succeed once," Professor X said. "But they will never succeed a second time."

"Why?"

"Because the reason they succeeded wasn't that this project was really useful, but that the experimental subject they chose at the beginning was useful."

Polaris seemed to understand a little. She said, "In other words, this experimental subject himself was very strong?"

"Yes, he used to be a human, and his name was Robert Reynolds." ===== CHAPTER 3122 =====